keep employees motivated

verb phrase

  1. to make sure employees continue to feel enthusiastic, engaged, and willing to work hard, especially through support, rewards, and good communication

    B2

    keep + object + adjective/past participle; used especially in business/HR contextsneutral; business

    • "Good managers listen to their teams to keep employees motivated."B1
    • "The company uses bonuses to keep employees motivated."B1
    • "Managers need to keep employees motivated during stressful times."B2

Common mistakes

  • keep employees motivate→keep employees motivated

    After keep + object, use the past participle motivated, not the base verb.

Collocations

keep staff motivatedkeep a team motivatedkeep employees engagedmotivate employeesboost employee morale

Word family

motivatemotivatedmotivationmotivational